Download This PaperSustainable Land Tenure and Food Security in Developing Economies: Empirical Evidence From Osun, Nigeria
Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (Volume 21, No.4, 2019)
McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law & Policy, Forthcoming
15 Pages Posted: 21 May 2020
Date Written: April 24, 2019
Abstract
The study examined the causal linkages between land tenure security and food security in Osun, Nigeria. The targeted population for the study comprised 16,762 agrarian households in Ede, Ile-Ife, Ilesha, Ikire, Ikirun and Egbedore towns. Sample size for the study comprised 3, 600 households. Random sampling technique was adopted in administering questionnaire to household heads in the study area. Descriptive and inferential statistical tools such as frequency counts, averages, percentages and Granger Causality test were used for data analysis. Findings from the study revealed that there was a uni-directional causality between land tenure security and food security in the study area. The study concluded that for agrarian households to have sustainable food security in the study area in particular and similar developing economies in general, farmers need to have secured land tenure as this encourages investments in the secured land which consequently improves access to food for such households.
Keywords: Agrarian, food security, household, sustainability, tenure security
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